ODI - Data Server (Data Source)

Data servers describe connections to your actual physical application servers and databases. They can represent for example:

• An Oracle Instance,
• A File System,
• An XML File,
• A Desktop database such as Microsoft Excel Workbook,
• an application such as SAP or Salesforce
• JMS server instance,
• a scripting engine

Under this data server, subdivisions called Physical Schemas are created.

Oracle recommand that you prefix any data server name with the technology it belongs to. The name should be a meaningful name such as the one used usually to reference this server. Put the name in uppercase.

<TECH_NAME>_<SRV_NAME>

Example:

• TERADATA_EDW
• ORACLE_CRM_DEV
• DB2UDB_SFA_TST1
• XML_CLIENT001

Some privileges are required when you run knowledge module. You must refer to the requirement section of the description.

Example with a RKM Oracle

REQUIREMENTS
	Required privileges for the connection user: SELECT on any dictionnary view ALL_* (eg. ALL_TABLES)

Then you must give it:

 grant select any dictionary to ODI;

An Oracle Data Server corresponds to an Oracle Database Instance connected with a specific Oracle user account. This User will have access to several schemas in this instance, corresponding to the Physical Schemas in Oracle Data Integrator created under the data server.

Get your connection parameters and populate the windows with this values.

When you create a data server, the physical schema windows appear automatically.